stiffen

stiffen
verb (to make or become stiff(er): You can stiffen cotton with starch; He stiffened when he heard the unexpected sound.) fortalecer, endurecer, poner rígido
stiffen
tr['stɪfən]
transitive verb
1 (card, fabric) reforzar; (collar) almidonar; (paste) endurecer
2 figurative use (resistance, morale) fortalecer
intransitive verb
1 (material) ponerse tieso,-a; (mixture) espesarse
2 (muscles, joints) agarrotarse; (person) ponerse tenso,-a; (corpse) ponerse rígido,-a
3 figurative use (resistance, morale) fortalecerse
stiffen ['stɪfən] vt
1) strengthen: fortalecer, reforzar (tela, etc.)
2) : hacer más duro (un castigo, etc.)
stiffen vi
1) harden: endurecerse
2) : entumecerse (dícese de los músculos)
stiffen
v.
• agarrotar v.
• anquilosarse v.
• atiesar v.
• endurecer v.
• entumecerse v.
• envarar v.
• erguir v.
• fortalecer v.
'stɪfən
1.
transitive verb
a) (with starch) almidonar; (with fabric underneath) armar
b) stiffen (up) \<\<resolve\>\> fortalecer*

2.
vi
1)
a) stiffen (up) (become rigid) \<\<person/muscles/joint\>\> agarrotarse, anquilosarse
b) (become firm) endurecerse*
c) (in manner, reaction) ponerse* tenso
2) (become stronger) \<\<competition\>\> hacerse* más duro; \<\<breeze\>\> aumentar
['stɪfn]
1. VT
1) [+ card, fabric etc] reforzar; (with starch) almidonar
2) (also: stiffen up) [+ limb, muscle] contraer, poner tieso; [+ joint] agarrotar
3) (fig) [+ morale, resistance etc] fortalecer
2. VI
1) [card, fabric] hacerse más rígido, atiesarse
2) (also: stiffen up) [limb, muscle] contraerse, ponerse tieso; [joint] agarrotarse
3) (fig) [person, manner] endurecerse

the breeze stiffened — refrescó el viento

resistance to the idea seems to have stiffened — la oposición a esta idea parece haberse hecho más tenaz aún

* * *
['stɪfən]
1.
transitive verb
a) (with starch) almidonar; (with fabric underneath) armar
b) stiffen (up) \<\<resolve\>\> fortalecer*

2.
vi
1)
a) stiffen (up) (become rigid) \<\<person/muscles/joint\>\> agarrotarse, anquilosarse
b) (become firm) endurecerse*
c) (in manner, reaction) ponerse* tenso
2) (become stronger) \<\<competition\>\> hacerse* más duro; \<\<breeze\>\> aumentar

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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